Bdelucleon: Come on, father, persuade me, by the gods!
760
Philocleon: What should I believe? Say whatever you want except one thing.
Bdelucleon: Of whom? Let me see.
Philocleon: not to judge. But this
Philocleon: Hades will judge before I will suffer.
Bdelucleon: but you, since you have rejoiced in doing this,
Bdelucleon: no longer step that way, but here.
765
Bdelycleon: staying right here, judge the slaves.
Philocleon: About what? Why are you talking nonsense?
Bdelycleon: the very same things as are done there;
Bdelucléon: because the wasp opened the door stealthily,
Bdelycleon: Vote a single penalty for this one.
Bdelycleon: But certainly, even there, he will sit there every time.
770
Bdelycleon: And these things are now reasonable, if it succeeds.
Bdelucleon: I shall catch [it] early in the morning, and it will roast in the sun.
Bdelycleon: but if it snows, sitting by the fire;
Bdeluclion: When it is raining, come in; and if it is still midday,
Bdelycleon: No one will bar you from the court by means of the railing.
775
Philocleon: This pleases me.
Bdelycleon: and besides this, if [he is] a law...
Bdelycleon: Let someone say it from a distance; wait without being hungry.
Bdelycleon: biting yourself and the one who is defending himself.
Philocleon: How then shall I be able to judge well?
Philokleon: just as before, still chewing on the matters?
780
Bdelyclēon: Much better, for it is said that this man,
Bdelycleon: 'Just like the jurors [are swayed] by lying witnesses.'
Bdelucléon: They only realized the matter after chewing it over.
Philocleon: 'How do you persuade me. But you are not yet telling that,'
Philocleon: From where will I receive the fee?
785
Bdelycleon: by me.
Philocleon: well,
Philocleon: For I will take it by myself, not with someone else.
Philocleon: for Lysistratos has done me most shamefully.
Philocleon: the jester. Having taken a drachma from me the day before yesterday
Philocleon: having come, he chopped up among the fish,
Philocleon: And then he put three saws on me.
790
Philocleon: And I lit the fire; for I thought I would receive an obol;
Philocleon: And then, having been disgusted and sniffing, I spat out.
Philocleon: And then I dragged him.
Bdelycleon: But what did he say in response to this?
Philokleon: What?
Philocleon: 'He said that I have a rooster's belly.'
Philocleon: 'You'll quickly get your money back,' he said.
795
Bdelycleon: Do you see that even this is, then, profitable for you?
Philocleon: Not at all small. But do what you are about to do.
Bdelycleon: Wait now; I will bring these things.
Wasps. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.